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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Republicans keep losing on this issue because they are sending mixed messages.  For instance, they argue that all abortion is murder and that life begins at the instant of conception, but are okay with abortion bans that start at 15 weeks.  (If life begins at conception, then abortion is just as wrong at 13 weeks as it is at 16 weeks.) Or that only abortion doctors, and not women who receive abortions, should be punished for having an abortion.  (If a husband hires a hit man to murder his wife, do we say that only the hit man should be arrested and charged with a crime?)  Or that abortion is okay in cases of rape and incest.  (Why should method of conception matter if the baby is innocent?) Republicans are failing miserably on the messaging because people can clearly recognize that they are talking out of both sides of their mouth.[/quote]

Vivek Ramaswamy was on CNN last night trying to make the same argument with a straight face: "We are losing on abortion because our messaging is terrible, we don't do a good job of selling this to the voters, blah blah blah...."

Kaitlin Collins was dumbstruck by his argument and was like "Maybe - after 7 straight losses - the Republicans' policy on abortion is just out-of-step with voters?" To which Ramadwamy replied "No, we have a messaging problem."

These people are in such a bubble of group-think. They are going to keep trying to force anti-abortion measures on people at the local level. The Ohio GOP elites are in full revolt against the voters of the state. [/quote]

I think Ramaswamy is saying that it’s hard to explain why abortion is okay at 13 weeks, even though life begins at conception.  That’s a tough needle to thread![/quote]
They should simply state their aims baldly: women aren’t people to Republicans and the party wants to bring women back under the control of men, either a father or a husband. Women should have no rights to bodily autonomy and we aim to cause maximum pain to women, damn the consequences. Because that’s really their message. [/quote]

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